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Loading... Count Magnus and Other Ghost Stories: The Complete Ghost Stories of M. R. James, Volume 1 (Penguin Classics) (edition 2006)by M. R. James (Author), S.T. Joshi (Editor)
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Belongs to SeriesGhost Stories of M.R. James (Omnibus volume I) ContainsCanon Alberic's Scrap-book [short story] by M. R. James (indirect) Lost Hearts [short fiction] by M. R. James (indirect) The Mezzotint [short story] by M. R. James (indirect) The Ash-Tree [short story] by M. R. James (indirect) Number 13 [short story] by M. R. James (indirect) Count Magnus [short story] by M. R. James (indirect) The Treasure Of Abbot Thomas [short fiction] by M. R. James (indirect) Casting the Runes [short fiction] by M. R. James (indirect) Martin's Close [short story] by M. R. James (indirect) A School Story by M. R. James (indirect) The Rose Garden by M. R. James (indirect) The Stalls Of Barchester Cathedral [short story] by M. R. James (indirect) Mr Humphreys And His Inheritance [short fiction] by M. R. James (indirect) The Tractate Middoth [short story] by M. R. James (indirect)
Some of the best ghost stories including Count Magnus, Lost Hearts, Number 13, The Treasure of Abbot Thomas and many more from the master of haunted houses and terrifying accounts of apparitions and other paranormal activities, M. R. James. No library descriptions found. |
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Count Magnus and Other Ghost Stories contains the entire first two volumes of James's ghost stories, Ghost Stories of an Antiquary and More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary. These volumes are both the culmination of the nineteenth-century ghost story tradition and the inspiration for much of the best twentieth-century work in this genre. Included in this collection are such landmark tales as "Count Magnus," set in the wilds of Sweden; "Number 13," a distinctive tale about a haunted hotel room; "Casting the Runes," a richly complex tale of sorcery that served as the basis for the classic horror film Curse of the Demon; and "Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad," one of the most frightening tales in literature. The appendix includes several rare texts, including "A Night in King's College Chapel," James's first known ghost story.